Similar to cranioelectrical stimulation, trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation shows dramatic potential to treat many brain disorders, most excitingly disorders of consciousness.

Medically reviewed by Cara Beth Lee, MD Ear seeds are used as a part of auricular acupressure, a form of traditional Chinese ...

But what makes this skill possible for some and impossible for others? Ear movement is controlled by the auricular muscles—three muscles that connect the outer ear (or ‘auricle’) to the ...

"Auricular" means "having to do with the ear" and "pre" means "in front." They’re part of the cervical lymph nodes, the ...

A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears actually activates when we strain to hear something. Our ape ancestors lost the ability to pivot their ears when they diverged ...

Ear acupuncture has been proven to activate the VN. In He, et al.’s research, 8 they found that auricular acupuncture ...

Can you wiggle your ears? Apparently around 15 percent of the population can consciously move their ears up and down. Now, ...

“Trans auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is one of the less invasive approaches to modulate brain function in neuropsychiatric and degenerative disorder.” Daniel Dautan posted on ...